Accounting-envelop.



W. G. HOGKING.

ACCOUNTING ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED ROV.13, 1905.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

ihvenlur' Wflham -l:- Huckrng EH AHEETIE WILLIAM G. HOOKING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINO IS.

ACCOUNTING-ENVELOI'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jail. 5, 1909.

Application filed November 13, 1905. Serial No. 286,982.

To all it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. HOCKING, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, 1n the county of Cook and State of 01s, have invented a certain new and useful- Improvement in Accounting-Envelops, (Case 1,) of which the following is a full,

clear, concise, and exact description, refer- 'ence being hadto the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification.

y invention relates to accounting sys tems and contemplates improvements in the art of keeping accounts, articularly in the manner of making original and duplicate entries and of-means for preserving such entries.

Although my invention is .adaptable in any system of accounting it is particularly useful in accounting kept in smaller retail businesses where'heretofore it-has been the custom when articles were purchased to make duplicate sli one retained by the store kee er and t e other given the purchaser, an at a propriate times the store keeper entered t e matter on his slips into the er accounting books and from these made a statement or bill to be given or sent the urchaser. My invention greatly simplifies t method of keeping accounts and practically eliminates the necessity of the accounting books heretofore'employed. In my system a slip may still be given the purchaser and a duplicate slip retained by the store keeper, but instead of transferring all the slip items to book keeping books I provide an envelo or other suitable inclosmgmeans u on W ich the various items a pearing on t e slips can be written at suitable times to be uplicated on a statement slip within the inclosure, which statement slip at a suitable time can be sent or given the purchaser. This same inclosure can alsothen serve as a rece tacle for the purchase slips retained by the store kee er or for any other papers which apply to t; e account.

The details of my invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an envelop,

arts thereof and of the contents being Broken away to show the arrangement. Fig. 2 is a top view of the envelop with the flap turned back to show the arrangement of the arts within. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illiistrating modified arrangements.

On the face of the envelop 1 suitable legends and ruling a may be rinted or otherwise placed. In the simp est embodiment of my improved arrangement a slip such as a statement slip 2 is inserted in the envelo and between this sli and the Wall of the envelop is-placed a s ipof carbon paper or other copying .medium 3, the carbonized face of this pa er lying against the statement slip 2. the various items are at suitable times entered on the envelop. they will be transferred and a ear in duplicate on the slip 2, and at the en 0f the month or other sultable period these slips may be taken from the envelop and delivered to the purchaser while the envelop is kept by the store keeper as his record, the accounts a)- pearing on the envelop and statement s11 eing absolutely identical owing to tlus manner of entering them. The statement slip 2 and the carbon slip are preferably of a size to fill the envelop which will prevent displacement thereof and insure the proper spacing of the transferred entries. They may, however, be of any shape and size. The envelop will also serve as a receptacle for the purchase slips 4, duplicates of which have been given the customers at the time of purchase, and thus the store keeper has at all times a complete record of all the transactions pertaining to a certain account.

As a modification of the arrangement justdescribed the carbon sheet may be omitted and the transferring medium or substance may be applied directly to the inner surface of the to wall of the envelop. As the envelop wi be opened more or less by the store keeper to examine the slips 4 therein or to enter new slips, there is danger of disarrangement of the statement slip with respect to the entry on the envelop, and as a second modification, to avoid such interference, a partition 5 may be inserted directly below the statement slip -to divide the envelop ';lDtO two compartments, the com partment 6 containing the statement slip and the transfer medium, while the compartment 7 will contain the purchase slips and other papers. This partition may also be provided with a flap 8 which forms a guideway to insure better access to the compartments. This partition also is preferably of more rigid material such as thick paper which will thus form a' smooth and even surface for the statement slip as items are entered in the envevlvop tion is employed it 'l not be necessary to When this parti-- use a separate statement slip. The partition maybe laid directly against the copying medium, and entries made upon the envelop will then appear directly on the partition, which in this case isthe statement slip. When such an arrangement is used the partition may be'pertorated along the line 9 so thatthje flap 8 may be torn therefrom before 11 also may be gummed so that with ver little labor and without the use of special account books and complicated boohkee in lhe ori inal entr and statement being made in the manner described are absolutely identical, thus eliminating all chances oi error which may so readily occur where the entries are carried through'the Various boolgsi heretofore used for keeping like accounts.

I I claim as new Letters Patent:

1. As an article of manufacture, an envelop having a removable partition therein for dividing it into compartments, copying material applied to the interior surface of a Wall of the envelop so that impressions made upon said envelop will be duplicated onthe partition or on sheets said wall and the partition,

and desire to secure by a guiding; flap placed between extendi'n from said partition, there beinga weakene line between the flap and the par tition so that the flapcan be readily torn from the partition.

An envelop or inclosure having a removable partition dividing the envelop into two compartments, a removable sheet within one of said compartments, cop 'ing material disposed betwecnsaid sheet an the wall. of the envelop t0 per'mit im ressions made on said envelop to be trans erred to the sheet in said compartment, said sheet and envelop being suitably ruled and pro-' vided with suitable legends to indicate the position of said entries, a-flap on said part-1- tion, there being a weakened line between the ilap and partition to permitsaid flap to 5 be readilyremoved from the partition.

3, An envelop or inclosure having a removable partition dividing' the envelop into two compartments, a removable sheet Within one of said compartments, copyin material disposed between said sheet and t he wall of the envelop to permit impressions made on said envelop to be transferred to the sheet in said compartment, said sheet and envelop being suitably ruled and provided with suitable legends to indicate the position of said entries, said partition having perforations alongthe line 9 to form a flap 8, said flap permit-ting ready access to each compartment.

In witness whereof, I my name this ninth day 1905.

hereunto subscribe of November A. 1).,

WILLIAM C. HOCKING.

-Witnesses:

HARVEY L. HANSON, Gnonon E. HIGHAM. 

